Episode 36: Jinwoo Chong - Book Launch of FLUX, 80s nostalgia, and Silicon Valley Bubbles
In this episode, I chat with Jinwoo Chong about his upcoming book FLUX (available March 21 this year!), published by independent press Melville House. Some themes from the book we discuss are 80s nost...
17 Mars 20231h 18min
Episode 35: N John Williams - Double-Edged Swords, the Soul in the Machine, and SciFi Realism
In this episode, I chat with N John Williams about his experience researching AI systems with DARPA, working in a tech start-up, and the person in the machine. We also discuss artificial intelligence...
3 Mars 20231h 32min
Episode 34: Susan Kaye Quinn - Hope Punk, The Singularity, and the Need for Techno-Ethics
In this episode, I chat with Susan Kaye Quinn about her engineering background, AI-generated 'art', and her passion for the new genre of hope punk. We also discuss possible versions of the singularity...
17 Feb 20231h 48min
Episode 33: Julia Huni - On NASA, Aliens, and Space Janitors
In this episode, I chat with Julia Huni about her military career, including working with NASA and NATO, her writing routine, and her thoughts on aliens. We also discuss cozy mysteries in space, cylin...
2 Feb 20231h 36min
Episode 32: Roy Huff - Meteorology, Cryopreservation, and Time Travel
In this episode, I chat with Roy Huff all the way from Hawaii about working with NASA on the GOES-R satellite project, his interest in cryopreservation and how he started writing. We also talk about t...
20 Jan 20231h 22min
Episode 31: Tony Bertauski - Into the Claus-verse
In this episode, Tony Bertauski visits me again and we take a deep dive into his Claus-verse: the stories, the science fiction -- science fact! -- and the future. There's a Christmas-sized Lightning R...
22 Dec 20221h 11min
Episode 30: Peter J Aldin - Mental Health in Fiction, Villians, and the Line Between Good and Evil
In this episode, I chat with Peter J Aldin about his journey from youth pastor to science fiction author, about why he set his Zombie apocalypse in Tasmania, and about the depiction of mental health i...
11 Nov 20221h 18min
Episode 29: Jim Keen - Architecture, Machine Intelligence, and The Future Job Market
In this episode, I chat with Jim Keen about why he became an architect, how a boy from Manchester ended up in New York, and the challenges of re-acclimating to the West after travelling the world. We ...
21 Okt 20221h 32min
